The 23-time Grand Slam singles winner Serena Williams said Wednesday that she had a grapefruit-sized cyst removed from her neck and is recovering well. In a TikTok video, the 43-year-old former world number one in women’s tennis revealed that she discovered a lump on the right side of her neck in May, and an MRI revealed that it was a brachial cyst.
“I’m improving, but I’m still recovering. “Health comes first at all times,” Serena Williams wrote on X.
Serena Williams did not have the cyst removed right away, but she did have surgery to have it removed after it grew larger and she had a biopsy and several tests.
“I discovered a large lump on my neck. In the video, she added, “I was embarrassed by it.” “I had testing done. Everything you could think of. It was all bad. It turned out that I had a cyst—more specifically, a brachial cyst.
“I ultimately had to have it taken out. It was huge. It hurt somewhat to come out, and it was about the size of a grapefruit.
Because it was so large, they needed to put in a drain, but everything turned out fine, and I’m glad I got to work with such wonderful doctors.
“A little scared here but excited to move on to the next steps of healing and getting well.”
After the procedure, Serena Williams and her daughter Olympia were shown on a promised shopping journey at the end of her film.
The description for the video reads, “I’m feeling so grateful and fortunate everything worked out and most of all I’m healthy,” Serena Williams wrote. “As promised, I still made it to American Doll with Olympia.
“And yes all is ok.”
The 2017 Australian Open was Serena Williams’ final Grand Slam victory, whereas the 1999 US Open was her first.
Before retiring following the 2022 US Open, she won three French Open titles, six US Opens, seven Australian Opens, and seven Wimbledons.
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